Fountain-brush.



E. R. QUAIVI. FOUNTAIN BRUSH. APPLICATION FILED MAR.25. 191e.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

INVENTOR fm//E/P/rTQa//M .ATTORNEY ELMER R. QUAM, O VERDI, MINNESOTA.

FOUNTAIN-BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 191,8.

Application filed March 25, 1916. Serial No. 86,647.

' e of'which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in fountain brushesparticularly to fountain shaving brushes though not confined thereto andhas for its object to provide such brushes with a receptacle in thehandle that contains both soap and water to be fed when desired into thebristles of the brush for the purpose of forming a lather on the facewhen shavlng.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fountain shaving brushwith a receptacle in the handle for soap and a second receptacle forwater, communication, between the two receptacles being provided, sothat the water may be circulated around the soap to dissolve the same,said saturated water -by a hollow cap spherical in shape as shown in thedrawingsl passing through a suitable tube into the bristles. y

. A still further object of the invention is to provide a fountain brushhaving a hollow handle to contain water and soap, means` whereby thewater may be emptied from the handle and the brush also disconnectedtherefrom, reversed and inserted within the compartments previouslycontaining water, by which means the brush, particularly a shavingbrush, is reduced to compact form and the bristles protected from dirtandl dust and are kept thoroughly sanitary.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a shaving brushcomplete, provided with my improvement.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same, and

Fig. l is a similar view with the brush inclosed wvithin the handle.

The handle of the brush 10 is shown for -the sake of illust-ration as oftaper form being larger at the end opposite the brush and is made hollowas shown, the chamber 11 and when packed for storing'as in Fig. 3, thebristles 12 `are inserted therein.

The larger end of the handle is closed 13 which may be hemiand having ascrew-thread in its open end to permit the same to be screwed on thelarger end of the handle. Depending from opposite sides of the cap 13 onthe inner side thereof are brackets 1l-` to which are attached aperforated plate 15 that projects into the chamber 11 when the cap isassembled on the handle. Supported upon this plate 15 is a piece of soapthat is removable from the chamber 11 whenever the cap is unscrewed.

The opposite or smaller end ofthe handle 10 is also interiorly threadedand into the same is screwed a shallow cup-shaped closure 1G into theopen end of which cup the bristles 12 are inserted and held therein by afastening disk 17.

Through the bottom of the cup 16 and the v vtube 18 and enlargement 19to bedistributed to the bristles 12.

To use the brush, apiece of soap is placed in the cap 13 so that it willbe supported by the plate or shelf 1'5 and the cap returned to position.The closure 16 is then removed and the handle reversed and water pouredinto. the chamber 11, after which the closure is once more screwed inplace. Now by sha-king the handle, the water in the cham.- ber 11 passesthrough the perforations in the plate 15 and dissolves the soap more orless, thesoap becoming thoroughly mixed with the water. In thiscondition, the water by a shaking of the handle passes downward throughthe` ipe 18 and into 'the enlargement 19 at I` its outer end, wherepassing through the perforations thereof, iills the bristles with waterthoroughly saturated with soap and by application Iof the brush to theface, a full lather is made. After shaving, the brush is washed as usualand maybe put away with the soapy water in the chamber 11 ready for useagain, or the water may be emptied and the bristles 12 inserted into thechamber 11 and the cap screwed int-o place as in Fig. 3, therebyprotecting the bristles from dust and maintaining the same completelysanitary under adverse conditions.

A hook 20 may be attached to the side of the handle if desired for thepurpose of hanging the brush.`

While I have spoken particularly of this devicebeing used lwith ashaving brush,y it

is to be understood that it is equally applicable to other types ofbrushes and with other material than soap and Water. Various changes'inconstruction and arrangement of parts may bemade, and while the form ofthe device herein shown is considered by me to be the best, such changesas the claim permits are held to come Within the scopev of the presentinvention.

What I claim as new is A A fountain brush comprising a hollow handle abristle tuft mounted in a removable holder in one end of said handle,said bristle 'holder having an outlet; opening leading therethrough intothe lbristle tuft, a hol- I low closure threaded on thel opposite end ofsaid handle adapted to forma soap receptac'le, aV perforated platespaced a short d1stance from the open end of said closure and positionedwithin the hollow handle to form in presence of two witnesses.

, ELMER R; QUAM. l Witnesses: l

WARREN. MILLER,

GRovEn BORING.

